Euripides was the last of classical Athens’s three great tragic dramatists, following Aeschylus and Sophocles. It is possible to reconstruct only the sketchiest biography of Euripides. His mother’s name was Cleito; his father’s name was Mnesarchus or
Caesar (and by extension, the rule of his adopted son, Augustus, and his heirs) by renaming Aeneas‘ son, Ascanius, (originally known as Ilus, after Ilium, another name for Troy), as Iulus, and putting him forward as an ancestor of the family of Julius Caesar and his imperial ...
In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman in the world. A daughter of the god Zeus*, she is best known for the part she played in causing the Trojan War*, a story told by Homer in the Iliad] and the Odyssey]. Some scholars suggest that Helen was also a ...
(Possibly an enclave in theTroyregion ofAnatolia, “Mysia” could, however, also be an error for “Armenia.” If so, the geographic spread of the insurrectionist satraps was still greater.) The other rebelling satraps were Mausolus of Caria (briefly) and Autophradates of Lydia. Some ...
Scholars date the Achaeans’ campaign against Troy to approximately 1200. The causes of the Trojan War are unclear; the Achaeans devastated a rich city. This Greek campaign is celebrated in the epics the Iliad and the Odyssey. A rapid decline of the Helladic culture set in at the end of ...
He’s credited for the genius plan of using a giant horse filled with Greek soldiers to invade Troy in secret and win the Trojan War. Okeanos Origin: Greek Meaning: The great sea surrounding the Earth Variations/Synonyms: Okeanus or Oceanus Description: He’s the Titan god of the seas...
The Trojan War, immortalized in Greek mythology, involved a clash of mighty heroes. However, it also saw the involvement of exceptional women who left their mark on the battlefield. Helen of Troy, whose beauty was the catalyst for the war, had a complex role in the conflict. On the oppos...
of Troy. Quotations from Bacchylides, or references to him, occur in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Strabo, Plutarch, Stobaeus, Athenaeus, Aulus Gellius, Zenobius, Hephaestion, Clement of Alexandria, and various grammarians or scholiasts. Ammianus Marcellinus (xxv. 4) says that the emperor Julian ...
“It is a testament to the ability of the human spirit to withstand cruelty inflicted upon others in the name of war, in the name of greed, in the name of lust, of vengeance, of envy, of intolerance, of fear,” she says. “The women of Troy demonstrate resiliency, perseverance and ...
As we will see below, it would have been easier to defend for a short time but it needed a source of water to withstand a siege. Menelaus' wife Helen was abducted by Paris of Troy and taken back to his city on the northwest coast of Anatolia. Agamemnon then commanded the Achaean ...